West Dundee Gas Station Damaged By Car

July 20, 1998

A car driven by a 57-year-old Dundee woman went through the front of an Illinois Highway 31 gas station in West Dundee about noon Sunday, according to police.

The woman told police the accelerator on her 1988 Volvo stuck after she finished filling the car with gas at the Thornton Gas Station, 2171 S. 8th St. The car bounced off the concrete wall and into the plate glass front of the gas station, destroying several large glass panels.

"It came a few feet into the building and did some pretty good damage, but luckily no one was hurt," Officer Dale Bramer said.

The driver complained of neck pain, but otherwise was unhurt. The accident occurred on private property, so Bramer said no tickets would be issued.